Pakistan
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Pakistan May Become World’s 4th Most Populous Nation
DID Press: Pakistan’s Health Minister has warned that rapid population growth could push the country’s infrastructure into a severe crisis. Mustafa Kamal, Pakistan’s Health Minister, issued an emergency statement highlighting the uncontrolled population increase, noting that if current growth rates…
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Pakistan’s Strategic Depth Collapses: Taliban Shifts from Ally to Threat
DID Press: Islamabad had expected that the Afghan Taliban, due to historical and ideological ties, would cooperate in restraining Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). However, this did not happen. Instead, overlapping interests and ideological alignment between the groups have effectively returned the…
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Kabul-Islamabad Talks to Take Place in China Today
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that delegations from Afghanistan and Pakistan will meet in China today with the aim of reducing recent tensions between Kabul and Islamabad. According to sources, no prior official talks or meetings…
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Urumqi Trilateral Meeting Tests Pakistan–Taliban Security Dialogue Revival
DID Press: Officials from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China convened today (Wednesday) in the Chinese city of Urumqi under a trilateral framework. The meeting marks the first significant diplomatic contact following Pakistan’s launch of Operation “Ghazab-ul-Haq” against alleged terrorist hideouts inside…
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Pakistan: A Mediator Without Leverage
DID Press: Pakistan is attempting to present itself as a mediator between Iran and US, but the on-the-ground and political realities of the war indicate that these efforts are not only ineffective, but also place Islamabad in a fragile and…
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Pakistan Military Operations Displace Over 120 Border Families
DID Press: During recent operations by the Pakistan Army against armed groups in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, more than 120 families have been forced to leave their homes and seek refuge in safer areas. Security forces and the military carried out targeted…
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China Hosts Mediation Effort Amid Renewed Fighting Along Afghan–Pak Border
DID Press: While Pakistan and Afghanistan are set to resume peace negotiations today (Wednesday) under the mediation of China in the city of Ürümqi, local sources in Kunar province report that Taliban forces attacked several Pakistani border posts, killing at…
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Pakistan and Afghanistan Agree on Security Measures at Torkham Border
DID Press: Following recent tensions at the Torkham border, Pakistan and Afghanistan have reached an agreement to deploy unarmed personnel along the zero line and manage the transfer of expelled individuals. In the first bilateral border meeting after the clashes,…
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Pakistan’s Public Debt Soars: Each Citizen Owes 333,000 Rupees
DID Press: A recent report from Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance reveals that the country’s total public debt has reached 80.52 trillion rupees. In an official report to Parliament, the government stated that Pakistan’s public debt for fiscal year 2024–2025 has…
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Iran Welcomes Islamabad’s Diplomatic Initiatives to End War
DID Press: Mohammadreza Bahrami, Director General for South Asia at Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes Islamabad’s diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the ongoing aggression by the United States and Israel, within the…
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